# Job 20

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: [2] “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer,
because of the turmoil within me. [3] I have heard a rebuke that insults me,
and my understanding prompts a reply. [4] Do you not know that from antiquity,
since man was placed on the earth, [5] the triumph of the wicked has been brief
and the joy of the godless momentary? [6] Though his arrogance reaches the heavens,
and his head touches the clouds, [7] he will perish forever, like his own dung;
those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’ [8] He will fly away like a dream, never to be found;
he will be chased away like a vision in the night. [9] The eye that saw him will see him no more,
and his place will no longer behold him. [10] His sons will seek the favor of the poor,
for his own hands must return his wealth. [11] The youthful vigor that fills his bones
will lie down with him in the dust. [12] Though evil is sweet in his mouth
and he conceals it under his tongue, [13] though he cannot bear to let it go
and keeps it in his mouth, [14] yet in his stomach his food sours
into the venom of cobras within him. [15] He swallows wealth but vomits it out;
God will force it from his stomach. [16] He will suck the poison of cobras;
the fangs of a viper will kill him. [17] He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers flowing with honey and cream. [18] He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it;
he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading. [19] For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor;
he has seized houses he did not build. [20] Because his appetite is never satisfied,
he cannot escape with his treasure. [21] Nothing is left for him to consume;
thus his prosperity will not endure. [22] In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed;
the full force of misery will come upon him. [23] When he has filled his stomach,
God will vent His fury upon him,
raining it down on him as he eats. [24] Though he flees from an iron weapon,
a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him. [25] It is drawn out of his back,
the gleaming point from his liver.
Terrors come over him. [26] Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
A fire unfanned will consume him
and devour what is left in his tent. [27] The heavens will expose his iniquity,
and the earth will rise up against him. [28] The possessions of his house will be removed,
flowing away on the day of God’s wrath. [29] This is the wicked man’s portion from God,
the inheritance God has appointed him.”

## Places in this chapter

- **Naamah 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/naamah-2

## Each verse

- Job 20:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/1
- Job 20:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/2
- Job 20:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/3
- Job 20:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/4
- Job 20:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/5
- Job 20:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/6
- Job 20:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/7
- Job 20:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/8
- Job 20:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/9
- Job 20:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/10
- Job 20:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/11
- Job 20:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/12
- Job 20:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/13
- Job 20:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/14
- Job 20:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/15
- Job 20:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/16
- Job 20:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/17
- Job 20:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/18
- Job 20:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/19
- Job 20:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/20
- Job 20:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/21
- Job 20:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/22
- Job 20:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/23
- Job 20:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/24
- Job 20:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/25
- Job 20:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/26
- Job 20:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/27
- Job 20:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/28
- Job 20:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/29